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Intellectual Property

Jul. 6, 2026

Netflix seeks $3 million in fees over patent suit it calls fraudulent

Netflix argues a Finnish inventor and his lawyer pursued a patent infringement case in bad faith despite evidence the inventor did not own the patent. The plaintiffs countered that ownership remained a legitimate legal dispute under Finnish law.

Netflix moved for $3 million in attorney fees from a Finnish inventor and his lawyer, William P. Ramey III of Ramey LLP, for what its lawyers call a fraudulent patent lawsuit that the streaming giant won earlier this year.

"I can count on one hand the number of fee motions that I've brought," Sarah E. Piepmeier of Ashurst Perkins Coie Group, representing Netflix, said at a hearing Thursday.

According to Piepmeier, Ramey knew that his client, Lauri Valjakka, ...

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